Netherlands ready to purchase Patriot systems for Ukraine from other countries - Mark Rutte
Kyiv • UNN
The Netherlands proposed to purchase Patriot air defense systems from countries with large stockpiles and transfer them to Ukraine to help in the war with russia.
The Prime Minister of the Netherlands has announced the possibility of purchasing the Patriot system from countries that have them in large quantities but are not ready to directly transfer them to Ukraine. This was reported by The Guardian, according to UNN.
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Prime Minister of the Netherlands Mark Rutte noted that many countries have significant stocks of air defense systems that should be sent to Ukraine.
We know that a lot of countries are sitting on "big piles" of Patriot systems, maybe not wanting to deliver them directly.
We can buy them from them, we can deliver them to Ukraine. We have the money. This is very important
Rutte also spoke about the need to deliver surface-to-air missiles to Ukraine to stop the war with russia.
Recall
Earlier, the Netherlands promised to provide Ukraine with significant military assistance in the amount of 4 billion euros over the next two years.
